Installation method

PyPI (via pip)

Package version

Sherlock v0.16.0

Description

LinkedIn username detection currently fails. When running:

sherlock aryanj10 --site"LinkedIn"

the output shows “0 results,” even though the account exists (e.g.https://www.linkedin.com/in/aryanj10/
).

Observed behavior:
LinkedIn returns an HTTP 999 Request Denied for all automated requests.
Example:

curl -I https://www.linkedin.com/in/aryanj10/HTTP/1.1 999 Request denied

Expected behavior:
Sherlock should detect the account or, if detection is impossible, mark LinkedIn as deprecated/unusable in data.json.

Suggested fix:
Remove LinkedIn or disable it by default since it consistently blocks requests with HTTP 999 and cannot be reliably queried even with headers or Tor.

Steps to reproduce

sherlock aryanj10 --site "LinkedIn"

Additional information

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